The company said it’s investing $13 million in the Kentucky plant, which already produces Hot Pockets. It is also hiring 150 new workers there as it shifts operations to a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week schedule.

The Chatsworth plant has made Hot Pockets since 1988 and production will cease in early October, Nestle said.

Employment has shrunk in recent years. Nestle laid off more than 100 workers there in 2012 amid static sales.

Nestle has not yet decided what to do with the Chatsworth plant, which it owns, O'Hearn said.